FIVE years ago, I began see-ing that the "next generation" of apple growers, pack-ers, marketers, and others in the apple industry were choos-ing a future in their family operations, reversing a trend from the late 1990s that lasted well into the 2000s. I increasingly saw members of our industry in their 20s and 30s at meetings, on orchard visits, and at Extension events. In Pennsylvania, they even organized themselves into the Young Grower Alliance to meet each other and share information on commonissues. Other states followed.
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